The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-08
NEWS OF THE NATION
The Cabinet Considering In
ternational Questions.
THE ALASKA SEAL FISHERIES
a Successful Cast-AM HOAX A
Failure Missing vesssls-Rhode
Island Election Eto.
From the CAPITAL.

From the Capital.
WASHINGTON, April 7th.-Senor Cor
raj Bolivian minister to this country,
to day, presented letters fof recall to
President Cleveland, and the customary
civiliLies were exchanged. 1t is under
stood that Senior Corral has been re-
lieved at his own request.
a RESERVE CITY.
st. Joseph, Mo-, was, to-day, made a
national bank reserve city.
SECRETARY WHITNEY
has decided to push the completion
of the work on the cruisers
Atlanta, Boston and Chicago. so as
to permit of an early adjustment
of the accounts with the contractors.
To this end, all extra work on vessels,
such as the changes made in the Boston
and Chicago by the direction of the
naval advisory board, as a result of the
trials of the atlanta, will be discon-
tinued. Aside from some small changes
necessary to fit vessels for sea, the ener-
| gies of the department will be concen-
trated upon the work required by the
original contracts with John Roach.
The secretary to-day, addressed a letter
to the chiefs of bureaus of construction
and steam engineering, and to the as
signees of John Roach to the above
effect.
THE CABINET
met at IL o'clock to-day in accordance
with the plan for the summer months.
and remained in session over three
| hnrIra Tho n1aafinn Iau0taA
| almost entirely to the Consideration of
international questions, the most
important relating to the Canadian
fisheries policy of Great Britain in re-
gard to the Island of Hayti and the
seal fisheries of Alaska. In re-,
gard to the fisheries question, it is
understand that information has been
received to the effect that England sus-
tains the position taken by the Cana
dian authorities, and is no wise disposed
to make the concessions requested by
| this government. This question was
considered by the Cabinet, with g view
to the ACCESSIBILITY of suitable action by
the President under the provisions Of
the retaliatory act. The alleged de-
mand of Great Britain for the posses-
sion of Tortugas Islands or the payment
by the Haytiau government of 81 ,000, 900
in the settlement of old claims, was
considered at some length. The United
States have
GREAT INTERESTS IN HAYTI
commercially, and otherwise, and are
deeply concerned in its welfare and
prosperity. Correspondence VIII be
opened with Great Britain on
this subject. The Alaska seal fisheries
were discussed with a view to their
better protection from foreign inter
ference. 1t is now represented that the
interests are now threatened by the
wanton and wholesale slaughter of seals
in the open ocean. 1t seems that dur
ing the day, the female seals leave their
Syoung on the island in charge of the
males, while they go miles away in
search of food with which they return at
night. Recently practice has sprung
up of catching the female seals while
they are in search of food. Their
young perish, as matter OF
course. and the perpetuation of
the animals is endangered. The
difficulty of controlling this matter
arises from the alleged want of juris-
diction of our government over those
waters beyond the three-miles limit.
The question will be again considered
at a future meeting.
! SUCCESS.
Naval officials are much pleased with
the result of an attempt made at Thur
low, Penn, to cast steel stem for the
new cruiser Baltimore, now building at
Philadelphia. This piece weighed l5,OOO
pounds, and was cast without defect.
| hos
and tested the casting, and pronounces
it to be excellent. He says that it is
probably the best piece of steel casting
ever done in this country, and the re-
suit of the casting is more remarkable
and encouraging from the fact that
success was obtained at the first at
tempt.
. MORE INTERSTATE.
The commission has promulgated
the following: The Detroit, Grand
Haven & Milwaukee Railroad Com
pa lies having made application TO the
, commission for suspension OF the
, operation of section 4 of the interstate
commerce law, so far as it would ap-
pIy to traffic taken across Lake
Michigan to Grand Ha en-, and
destined to points east of Detroit and
St Clare IlVSIS, anu HAVING oSoi6 nOA
| as a reason for such suspension that
: said railway company owns and
! onerates a line of boats on Lake
! Michigan, and he has been doing SO for
many years past, and by common
eonsentits competitors has been allowed
to charge a less rate from Milwaukee
by way of Grand Haven, on traffic
above mentioned than is charged on all
( rail lines by way of Chicago on like
: traffic. and that the making of such les;
Q rates by the said railway company i:
j inst and fair as between Milwaukee and
:. Chicago. as necessary to enable said
5 petitioner to compete with said lines b,
3 way of Chicago, and said railway COM
r pany having further shown that be,
S tween certain points on its line east o
5 Lake Michigan it has been cnstomar!
s 10 make rates On sucn Hamc
a which are greater for . shorter tnal
4 longer haul. which greater charge
are reasonable and correspond q
those made by the composing Lines, ant
the commission having heard sala ap